Mark this as favouritePlanning & Materials Manager

Gi group are looking for a Planning & Materials Manager to help support our client based in Lowestoft. This role is for a leading UK food manufacturer.

The primary function of the role is to optimise the production schedule to deliver the right balance between service, production efficiency and stock/ working capital.

The planning & materials manager will also have their own portfolio of materials to manage.

They will support the delivery of the sites KPI’s for service and performance.

Ensure business processes are followed and support the delivery of continuous improvement in the S&OP process. 

Production Planning

•                    Review short term horizon weekly and adjust production plans where needed to avoid service disruption but maintain plan stability where possible.

•                    Manage stocks in line with capacity and working capital constraints and align stock projections to target stock levels and available capacity.

•                    Optimise the short-term production schedule considering allergen/ flavour carry over control, size changes & labour.

•                    Lead weekly Planning Meeting to take manufacturing and other support functions through the current and next week’s plans. Generate clear minutes with actions and decisions documented.

•                    Plans to be maintained in APO as the lead system and ensure requirements are feeding correctly to MRP for material planning.

•                    Create and maintain Weekly Production Plans in excel and maintain with any approved plan changes with clear version control.

•                    Create and maintain Forward Plan to support site needs.

•                    Weekly review of demand and stock projections with demand planners.

•                    Minimise residuals/ out of life risk and flag where they exist.

•                    Weekly plan conformance KPI’s maintained and circulated.

•                    Support monthly replan and inputs for S&OP process.

 Materials Planning

•                    Minimise disruption to the production plan from material or packaging shortages by mitigating risks.

•                    Monitor supplier performance and escalate issues for support where needed.

•                    Support the Contract Tracker process for site linking in with procurement team.

•                    Approve any print orders generated by the materials manager and manage all print orders in line with company guidelines and marketing timetables minimising residuals.

•                    Raw material and packaging stocks to be managed within storage capacity.

•                    Ensure planning rules are reviewed (MOQ, lead time, safety stock etc) periodically.

•                    Supporting Processes

•                    Create and maintain the required Product Master Data in SAP ECC/ APO

•                    Maintain effectivity dates/ scrap factors in interspec.

•                    Maintain a record of product throughputs and lead the Demonstrated Capacity review process and keep SAP aligned.

•                    Maintain line downtime in APO to give a clear view of utilisation.

•                    Continuous improvement mindset

•                    Support and deliver the process change eg through the One S&OP process.

•                    Provide holiday cover across the team in line with the deputy matrix.

Qualifications & Previous Experience

• Essential: - Strong excel skills and High level of IT literacy
• Desirable: - SAP Knowledge and previous planning experience

Knowledge & Skills

• Good communicator
• Good relationship builder
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills

For more information please apply online or email your CV to Ryan.Foley@gigroup.com